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Using a sample of emerging markets that are integrated into global bond markets, we analyze the collapse and recovery phase of output collapses that coincide with systemic sudden stops, defined as periods of skyrocketing aggregate bond spreads and large capital flow reversals. Our findings...
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Using a sample of 32 developed and developing countries we analyze the empirical characteristics of sudden stops in capital flows and the relevance of balance sheet effects in the likelihood of their materialization. We find that large real exchange rate (RER) fluctuations coming hand in hand...
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We use a panel dataset on industrial employment and trade for 9 Latin American countries for which liability dollarization data at the industrial level is available. We test whether real exchange rate fluctuations have a significant impact on employment, and analyze whether the impact varies...
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This paper addresses the issue of the optimal stock of international reserves in terms of a statistical model in which reserves affect both the probability of a sudden stop –as well as associated output costs– by reducing the balance-sheet effects of liability dollarization. Observed...
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La región de América Central, Panamá y la República Dominicana, ha avanzado en los últimos años, tanto en materia de crecimiento como de fortalecimiento macroeconómico y de integración comercial con la economía global. Sin embargo, tras la crisis global, se ha configurado un nuevo...
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Latin America is growing fast and fundamentals look healthier. Are these achievements here to stay? Strong commodity prices may not last forever and a US recession could have major repercussions in the region. Should countries prepare now for tomorrow's crisis? What is the top-ten list on the...
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En esta edición de IDEA se analizan los escenarios más probables que tiene por delante América Latina, junto con recomendaciones de políticas y los programas multilaterales de apoyo disponibles para hacer frente a la crisis mundial. Dada una crisis financiera en la que la liquidez fue un...
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En este artículo se determina el nivel óptimo de reservas internacionales en términos de un modelo estadístico en el cual las reservas afectan tanto la probabilidad de una interrupción súbita de flujos de capital, como los costos en producto asociados, al reducir los efectos de balance...
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